Railway Age Updates National Audience on COVID-19 Actions, Tragic Subway Fire

In a story that you can read here, Railway Age Magazine profiles the work of TWU Local 100 in securing masks for transit workers, along with the tragic subway fire that claimed the life of Train Operator Garrett Goble and the coronavirus deaths of two other union members.

"Utano’s public tongue lashing of MTA leadership appears to have worked. In a joint MTA/TWU Local 100 press release announcing the acquisition of 75,000 masks, Utano took a more conciliatory tone. “We’ve been working very hard to try and secure masks for transit workers during what has been widely reported as a global shortage of supplies,” Utano said. “This has been a very traumatic time for my members, and I hope these masks will give them some peace of mind as they continue providing essential bus and subway service to New York, especially for our nurses, EMS personnel, firefighters and police.”